So stage 1 has arrived and unlike the usual tour prologue, its a pan flat 213km race to the line, my opinion is the fastest guy is gonna win today. Who's the fastest??? Mark Cavendish - The Manx Missile - is my favorite for the stage today. Andre Greipel, Matt Goss, Nacer Bouhanni and at least half a dozen other sprinters will be looking to don the coveted Malloit Jaune (leaders jersey) and take the stage ahead of Cavendish.
As always the opening few stages of the tour are CRAZY. The riders are super excited and motivated, but they are also nervous and twitchy, this is after all the Biggest stage race on the planet and one stage win here will catapult a riders' career and value to the big league. With this kind of emotion going into the first few days it's super fast, dangerously tight and with so many looking for glory, crashes are almost guaranteed. If Mark's teammates can keep him out of trouble and deliver him with 200m to go... he's sure to take this stage.
Todays opening stage should be a CRACKER!!
My tips for the win - Mark Cavendish
Riders in with a shot - Andre Greipel, Matt Goss, John Degenkolb
If you can't watch the tour live, follow the coverage on - http://www.cyclingnews.com
For a look at todays stage and profile - http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-1
Let the Tour begin!!!!!
Henry ICEman Uys
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